complete verse (Proverbs 29:21)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 29:21:

  • Kupsabiny: “If a slave is given special care/whatever he wants from childhood,
    (he) will overturn/bring trouble to people later.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “If, from childhood, servants are given
    whatever they ask for
    later on they will plunder everything you have.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “If you (sing.) just pamper/(give-everything-they-want) your (sing.) servant from his youth, in the end he will-become your (sing.) problem.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “The slave that you (sing.) exceedingly spoil/pamper starting-from his childhood (lit. smallness), he will cause- you (sing.) -sorrow at the (lit. its) end.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • English: “If someone gives his servants everything that they want, starting from when they are young,
    some day those servants will take from him everything that he owns.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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